French Public Health Code
In forceA dispensary is defined as an establishment dedicated, on the one hand, to the retail dispensing of the medicinal products, products and articles mentioned in articles L. 4211-1 and L. 5125-24 and, under the conditions defined by decree, of experimental or ancillary medicinal products, and to the dispensing of magistral or officinal preparations and, on the other hand, to providing pharmaceutical advice and carrying out the tasks set out in article L. 5125-1-1 A.
A dispensary may entrust the performance of a preparation, by means of a written contract, to another dispensary which is subject, for the performance of this subcontracting activity, to prior authorisation issued by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.
For certain categories of preparations, a dispensary may, under a written contract, entrust the performance of a preparation to a pharmaceutical establishment authorised to manufacture medicinal products by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or to any person holding a manufacturing authorisation for medicinal products issued in application of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. This subcontracting activity is the subject of an annual report sent by the pharmacist in charge of the pharmaceutical establishment to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
These preparations are made in accordance with the good practices mentioned in Article L. 5121-5.
